Guides

30 Bold, Bougie, Boston Gifts for Everyone on Your Nice List

From artisanal sweets and unique experiences to dazzling gems, designer bags, and electric rides, our guide to satisfying your friends and neighbors with these handpicked locally available presents.


Q&A

The New Boston University President Is a Renaissance Scholar’s Dream

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Could Sandra Birchmore’s Accused Killer Also Be Charged with Larceny?

Q&A

The Exit Interview: Jill Medvedow, Outgoing ICA Boston Director


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You Too Can Have a Rock Star Bachelor(ette?) Party in Boston

The Verb’s new luxury trailers make a prime spot for staging rock ’n’ roll–style parties.

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An Intimate Reception at the Boston Public Library

The couple had their first dance in the courtyard to Frank Sinatra’s “The Way You Look Tonight.”

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Our Top 20 Stories in 2022

Here’s what you clicked on the most this year.

Longform

Our 10 Most-Popular Longform Stories in 2022

In a year covering Boston icons (old and new), scandals, and purpling politics, here’s what you loved reading the most from us.

Opinion

Adventures in La-La Land

Every year, young Bostonians go west to find their fame and fortune. Once upon a time, so did I. Thanks to “the fun squad” and Mel Brooks, here’s what I learned in Hollywood.

News

Dorchester’s Renovation Husbands Decorate the White House

Stephen and David St. Russell bring their DIY home-design magic to the People’s House.


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The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston 2024

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston 2024

We crunched the numbers to come up with our annual guide to the top-performing schools in the region.

Our 2024 Boston Power List

Our 2024 Boston Power List

This year's ranking reflects the city's changing dynamics: nearly half of the power players are women.


News

The Interview: MIT President Sally Kornbluth

The incoming queen of Kendall Square talks Smoots, “cancel culture,” and getting more young girls into STEM.

News

How an $18 Throw Pillow Helped Locate a Famously Stolen Painting

Boston art hunter Cliff Schorer used metadata and some good old-fashioned shoe leather to track down—hopefully!—a filched painting by Dutch master Hendrick Avercamp.

Longform

Searching for Rembrandt

Did Boston art hunter Cliff Schorer just find a long-lost painting by arguably the most renowned artist of all time? He sure thinks so—and won’t rest until he proves it.

Longform

Broken

No hospital beds, no therapists, and no one to help: With mental illness in children skyrocketing in Massachusetts, getting kids the support they need is tougher than ever. Inside a failing system—and the families that pay the price.

News

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Long reserved for the arts, hospitals, cultural institutions, and universities, Boston’s charitable dollar is now being stretched in new directions. Will there be enough to go around in the future?

The Karen Read Case

The Karen Read Case

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

A special report on our Tiktok-scrolling, Snapchat-loving, sleep-deprived teens—and what to know to keep kids safe.


A green book cover features the title, The Lemon, and the author, S.E. Boyd, in a bold black font over an image of a lemon broken in half with a man's head and torso in it, facing away from the camera.
News

Boston Magazine Alumni Publish a New Book

Read an excerpt of the novel, which they penned under the pseudonym S. E. Boyd.

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News

The Top Lawyers of 2022

Featuring 1,211 of the region’s best and brightest legal minds, it’s our biggest and most comprehensive yet.

News

The Secret Life of Cranberries

Way before your Thanksgiving turkey goes into the oven, Massachusetts’ cranberry farmers don waders and venture out into an ocean of red to breathe life into that oh-so-perfect sauce that no holiday meal is complete without. Here’s an inside look at how cranberries go from bog to bag.

Opinion

Hold Your Horses

Turns out, there are still road signs that restrict equine excursions on Massachusetts’ highways. The question is: How did they get there in the first place?

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